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BDC PREMIUM REPORTS

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INDIVIDUAL BDC PROJECTIONS

Best – Base – Worst Case Scenarios

Portfolio Credit Issues

Discussion of Recent Results

Optimal Leverage Analysis

Lower Yield Analysis

Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis

OTHER REPORTS

Interest Rate Sensitivity

BDC Portfolio Returns

Quarterly Earnings Analysis

BDC Buzz Positions

DIVIDEND COVERAGE
LEVELS REPORT

Updated Weekly

Rankings of Projected Coverage

Running List of Changes and Reasons

BDC PRICING REPORT

Yield – Based / Multiples / Total Return

Suggested Buys

General Market Trends

BDC RISK PROFILES

Quality of platform and management

Portfolio vintage analysis

Exposure: industry sectors / structured products

NAV stability / growth potential

Reaching for yield / dividend coverage

SUGGESTED PORTFOLIOS

Total Return

Recommended Higher Yield

High – Yield

Risk Averse

OVERALL BDC RANKINGS

Dividend Coverage

Risk Profiles

Pricing & Valuation

Expected Returns

BDC Buzz Positions

Current holdings & allocations

Real-time announcements

Potential upcoming purchases

List of previous changes

BDC PREMIUM REPORTS

Individual BDC Deep Dive Reports

(16 to 30 pages for each BDC, updated quarterly) – Taking into account updated portfolio intelligence, operating results, latest debt, and equity offerings as well as any preliminary results released by the company. I first focus on changes that might negatively impact portfolio credit quality and dividend coverage making updated recommendations (if needed) before markets open the next day. These reports include:

GOOGLE SHEETS / SAMPLE VIEWS

Currently, there are various worksheets as shown below including Suggested BDC Portfolios, BDC Ranking Tiers, and Baby Bonds. BDC pricing can be volatile and Google Sheets tracks real-time changes to pricing compared to my price targets so that investors can make quick decisions.

Recommendation Categories: After investors have identified BDCs that fit their risk profile, I categorize investors’ needs for each BDC holding using the following:

DESCRIPTIONS:

Investors looking to start a position. Dipping your toe in.

Investors looking to grow a position to an appropriate allocation.

Investors looking to opportunistically add to a position beyond an appropriate allocation.

GOALS:

Mostly for dividend income.

Dividend income + 5% capital gains within 12 months.

Dividend income + 10% capital gains within 12 months.

This is for investors that do not currently have a meaningful position in a certain BDC and would like to “dip their toe in” with a starter position and then continue to buy more on the dips. I suggest buying a small number of shares closer to its short-term target price.

This is for investors that already have smaller positions and would like to grow them to a proper allocation for a diversified portfolio. I suggest adding to these positions at prices closer to 5% below its short-term target price potentially after equity offerings as discussed in previous articles.

This is for investors that already have full positions and would likely only add at opportunistic prices of around 10% below target prices potentially during general market volatility and pullbacks. Active traders might choose to sell these shares for capital gains at a later date to re-balance the portfolio.

Relative Strength Index (RSI):

“The relative strength index (RSI) is a momentum indicator developed by noted technical analyst Welles Wilder, that compares the magnitude of recent gains and losses over a specified time period to measure speed and change of price movements of a security. It is primarily used to attempt to identify overbought or oversold conditions in the trading of an asset. Traditional interpretation and usage of the RSI is that RSI values of 70 or above indicate that a security is becoming overbought or overvalued, and therefore may be primed for a trend reversal or corrective pullback in price. On the other side of RSI values, an RSI reading of 30 or below is commonly interpreted as indicating an oversold or undervalued condition that may signal a trend change or corrective price reversal to the upside.”

This is a complicated formula because it takes into account changes in daily pricing over a rolling 365 days which takes time to process (as the price changes). I have not found this indicator available in table format with other online services.

I have color coded the RSI values with green showing closer to 30 (indicating oversold), yellow showing near 50 and red showing closer to 70 (indicating overbought). I include a chart with stock pricing and RSI in my “Deep Dive” reports on each BDC and I have made many purchases (for safer BDCs) when RSI is closer to 30.

Trading Volume:

I have found a way to measure the average volume being traded for all BDCs to see if it is an active or slow trading day for the sector and then look at individual BDCs to see if they are trading above or below that average (given the time of day).

This is important because investors should know when volumes might be indicating something meaningful is going on with the stock, whether positive or negative.

“Baby Bond” Sheet:

Investors should use limit orders when purchasing exchange-traded debt such as Baby Bonds.

BDC Baby Bonds trade “dirty” which means that there is a certain amount of accrued interest in the market price. I have included the amount of accrued interest that updates daily.

You need to own the Baby Bond one trading day before the ex-dividend date to be eligible for the full quarter of interest.

It is important to take into account which BDCs are “callable” and the potential for capital losses during the worst case scenario.

The Call Risk Capital Loss column refers to the worst case scenario of a bond being called tomorrow (if currently callable) and takes into account 30 days of additional interest accrued before being redeemed. See below.

Breakeven Days refers to the number of days of interest needed to break-even given the current market price. See below. Type your paragraph here.